Monday, 6 July 2009

My friend had her first lot of chemo last week. I had an appointment with my oncologist so while I was there, I checked in on her. She had her canula in and was waiting for her chemo drugs to arrive. The nice part about it was that she had benefited from my experience and when her nurse told her she would get her anti-sickness tablets, she asked for them to be done through IV. I learnt the hard way that I should have the drugs this way so I am glad I saved her the experience that I had.

I wanted to get her a gift, something just to let her know how much chemo sucks and I am thinking of her. I thought of flowers at first because I had so many. For about 2 months I was never without fresh flowers and cards, it was truly up lifting. I decided to put my experience to good use and put together a care package for her.A visit to Rossett Pharmacy was in order, although it is only small, they have a wonderful selection of items. First in the basket was baby shampoo; ideal for the scalp when the hair is gone. Then came the talc, this has been a life saver for me because when your body hair goes everything is so sticky and uncomfortable. I chose lip salve, hand and nail cream and foot balm.

My final trip was to the Grosvenor Garden Centre and there I purchased the cutest little rabbit by Jelly cat in a pink shrug, a word search book and a little book of inspiration. I love the latter item because when you are feeling down you can always find something to make you smile again. Oh, I also purchased some Brambley Apple Juice - very posh stuff!

I hope she likes her care package, not as easy to buy as a bunch of flowers but a little more useful I think.